KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A 53-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in last month’s shooting of a man whose body was found inside a car that had crashed into a home in Kansas City, Missouri.
Curtis Harris of Kansas City, Missouri, was also charged Tuesday with armed criminal action in the Jan. 26 killing of 38-year-old Charles Blakey, the Kansas City Star reported. Prosecutors say Blakey had suffered gunshot wounds to the face.
Harris allegedly told detectives the next morning that he and Blakey had purchased marijuana and then struggled over a gun in the car. He told police that that Blakey, who had threatened to kill him, had reached for a rifle.
Harris claimed that he feared for his life when he fired what he thought were six shots at him, causing the crash. He told police he later dumped the handgun into a trash can.
Court records do not show a defense attorney listed yet.
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